Where Is Stefano Mori?

I’d like to talk about political issues, about social concerns, things of that nature. Heck, I’d like to work on lyrics translations of Bon Jovi. Uh… no, not today.

For the past few days, I had a rather unhealthy preoccupation with old showbiz. My status message in Facebook began with a bad epiphany: if the name “Lindsay Custodio” still rings a bell, you’re probably old. True enough, some of my friends responded to the affirmative; hey, we all grew up watching Ang TV. That, and having a good memory of the opening tune of Showbiz Lingo.

The highlight of last week’s jolography (so to speak… not of the jumping form) was Stefano Mori, so much so that I actually changed my Plurk display ID from “Marocharim” to “Stefano Maro.” Yes, Stefano Mori; one-third of JCS. While you’ll still hear of John Prats and Carlo Aquino today, you’ve probably forgotten about Camille Prats’ love interest in G-Mik.

If you’re willing to admit your age and stop blaming things on cultural milieu, you very well know that Stefano Mori played “Borj,” Camille Prats played “Roni.” That tandem, for a time, was the backbone of G-Mik. More than that, Stefano Mori was a mainstay in Mula sa Puso (if my memory serves me right, he was the kid brother of Claudine Baretto), and also played a few anak roles in Maalaala Mo Kaya.

So, whatever happened to Stefano Mori?

Unfortunately, I’m not a showbiz blogger, so I can’t get top scoop. Like you, I have absolutely no idea where Stefano Mori is. Googling “Stefano Mori” led to some rather futile results. I did find a Pinoy Exchange thread… but the latest post in that thread is dated March 8, 2005. I found another Pinoy Exchange thread with the latest post dated November 15, 2003. That, for all intents and purposes, is four to six years ago; we’ve seen at least three iterations of a John Lloyd Cruz-Bea Alonzo tandem during that span of time.

I was rather amused, with the second thread in particular, since Camille did end up posing in a very mature way. Tweetums over, folks; they said the same thing for Anne Curtis back in the days of “Magic Temple.”

After half an hour spent looking for Stefano Mori-related information, I’ve come to the conclusion that the guy has become a footnote to a long list of actors who have “disappeared.” “Laos” is a bit degrading; after all, people stage comebacks all the time to varying degrees of success (like Gabby Concepcion, Cogie Domingo, and Wowie de Guzman, for example). For some reason, Stefano was just didn’t cut the mustard. Apparently, he’s now in Italy or Canada or something. I’m sure he was talented, but I was more inclined to the Rovic-Eds love team than Roni-Borj.

I don’t like to of Stefano in terms of showbiz afterthoughts a’la Red Sternberg, Dranreb Belleza, or Jovit Moya, but… yeah. I’m sure that a Stefano Mori comeback will be lukewarm at best, but who are we to say what the mood would be? Maybe those celebrity notebooks, posters, and showbiz centerfolds featuring Stefano Mori will experience a resurgence. Maybe – just maybe – if Stefano Mori does make his comeback, he’ll be bigger than Piolo Pascual, Richard Guttierez, and take over the helm of Rogelio dela Rosa. You never know.

I think it was General Douglas MacArthur who said, “Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.” For all intents and purposes of paraphrase and/or butchering, old child stars never die. They just grow up, disappear, and then you wonder what in the hell happened to them. Like Tom Taus; the novelty of Cedie: Ang Munting Prinsipe wore off when they started selling“Cedie” branded cornick.

Hmmm… should Congress launch an investigation in aid of legislation to find out what happened to Stefano Mori?

Holy cow, Lindsay Custodio does ring a bell, and thanks to you, the Showbiz Linggo tune will now be stuck in my head for the rest of the day. LOL. Stefano was my favourite from the JCS band. I believe he was still doing a show when I left the Philippines in 2002. This week I did wonder what happened to G-mik cast who went MIA, which was how I got to your blog in the first place. I found Miko Samson’s blog yesterday. He’s in law school now apparently… but Stefano? I remember seeing an interview of John Prats on The Buzz a couple years ago, at the height of the Camille-Angelica fight over Carlo (I know right!), where he said the last thing he heard about Stefano was that he went to Italy. Sounds like they haven’t been in touch…

I heard that Stefano Mori is now leaving in Italy. He Didn’t leave showbiz because he became “laos”, he left at the height of his carreer in fact right after “gimik” was disolved as well. Lahat kaming fans nya nagulat sa pagkawala nya. Sana bumalik sya dahil talagang talented sya when it comes to acting.

To answer your question, yes, I think Congress should launch an investigation. It will benefit their constituents (aka the fans), and will put tax money to good use. BTW, if it’s any help, there is a Stefano Umberto Mori on facebook, and his network says Fort Worth/Dallas.

yeah, where the heck are these talents… they are missed.. i remember stefano mori ‘s 1st tv appearance was in “Maalalaa mo kaya” when I first watched that, I keep waiting on his next endeavor’s and suddenly became a fan of his.
where the heck is he anyways? hope he comes back in showbiz

Stefano was my crush also, way back G-mik time, I remember, I always look forward every saturday, have a class then but I need to rush back home so I won’t miss any episode. Funny. And yeah, where is he now? I know he’s not that super handsome (with his prominent nose haha) but I so liked him.

And your correct, hope Abs-cbn can check and perhaps ask him to come back, he still have us in case new batches won’t be able to recognize him anymore.

i’ve been really a “borj-roni” addict during the g-mik days..i can still remember those days that i almost cried dahil ngbrown-out ng saturday! wahahaha.. i really miss stefano even though they are all against his “nose” hehe.. i would love seeing him again.and i hope ABS would make a replay of their episodes..please!!

i was also trying to google stefano mori cuz am also a fan way back the old days, there are some friendster accounts that appeared but i bet it wasnt real, also one in facebook but located in dallas..then also this thread came out, wow a lot has been missing him..where are you stefano?

i was in kindergarten (i think?) when g-mik aired, and due to my youth then, i coudn’t recall any of the episodes. haha but yes, i am a fan of the stefano-camille tandem =]

so yea, stefano also made up a twitter account but he doesn’t update it as much. and base on all the information i’ve gathered he’s definitely in italy.

i also read a post off of his mom’s fb page on the reason why he left showbiz, as i can recall, t’was about stefano getting involved with fights and getting bullied at school because he was an actor. his parents decided to take him out of showbiz for a short while, however, after a few years abroad, he preferred to stay and not go back, it was something like that.

last time i heard, his mom’s at boracay, as in right now (jan 2010). she’s with italian friends i think.

i am not sure about his feb 2010 visit to the philippines, i only saw it on his mom’s fb page. =]

hi! like you i was just trying (in vain) to find any related articles of stefano mori…well, to be honest, i never really liked him as an actor, and yeah, i liked the rovic-eds tandem better…it serves me a better memory hehe but then just about a while ago i came across a video in youtube about the G-mik cast…
we still get to see most of them, carlo aquino, john prats, angelika panganiban and camille… only stefano and mico as you have said, “faded”… so i got curious with stefano (mico’s my friend’s friend so i know where he is today eheeh)..he used to be huge…. wonder if he’s ever coming back…..

hi~
well, in all honesty i was in my 2nd year of college when g-mik started. i can say i’m still a diehard stefcams/ roniborj loveteam.
but, they then paired camille with danilo and that made me lose interest watching g-mik. i think also, it’s because of that the show ended with not good ratings 🙁
now it’s been almost 12 years na..and i’m still a fan of them.
ano kaya itsura ni stefano lately? 🙂

you totally forgotten about Anna Larucea- the former tweetum partner of Patrrick Garcia. you could also include old pinoy pornstars bro, they are also interesting to know where they are now. if i’m not mistaken, Richard Kuan, Tofee Calma, Gerald Litton, Christian Vasquez, Aya “papaya” Medel and Klaudia Koronel. i am a big fan of them!

Cyanan, you nailed the answer to “Where is stefano Mori” pero definitely this will make the stef fans want to see him all the more. I was thinking uber pangit na nya ngayon kaya ayaw nya magpakita until I read your comment/post. I didn’t like stefano mori “back in the day” ksi i thought he was a bit “bulol” probably due to his being half-italian. I find his acting OA, too. But now I’m as curious as the people here as to where he is now. Pero I like that he chose the right and smart path, i.e., left showbiz, pursued his studies and had a REAL life. Maybe he doesn’t feel the need to come back to showbiz anymore, but I’m hoping magpakita sya kahit sneak peak lang para matigil na kami. 😉

Yeah I did miss Stefano Mori and yup Linsay Custodio did ring a bell, together with GIO, GIA, LUIGI Alvarez and other cast….hehehe I was looking for him too and I stumbled into your BLOG…I really like what you wrote…

I agree that he is also a very talented actor and hope that he would indeed made a comeback in showbiz…mari rin palang naghahanap sa kanya..

hi! gawsh! this is so weird! so abs celebrated pratty’s bday with a series of specials and i happened to watch one of those featuring jcs’s nang makilala ka song and it stuck with me. i’m way older than the g-mik barkada. gimik ang tabing-ilog ang kalevel ko. hahaha and like many of you i grew up with the ang tv kids/talent center/star magic actors and actresses. i’m here because i too got curious where stefano mori is. a month ago when i was on a stalker mode with patrick garcia, i ended up checking his mom’s facebook and read some comments from those ang tv kids moms and one of them was stef’s mother lulu. she said that stef is with his father in america right now. that’s all.
sana nga bumalik siya. tapos si camille pratts balik kapamilya na rin para may g-mik reunion. bongga!
(just spreading my balik-kapamilya cheerfulness because of patrick garcia. lol)

Like you, Stefano Mori just popped-up on my mind just this time. That’s why I yahoo’ed him and this yours is the first article that came up the search engine. I knew and met him personally back in 1996. We were Yamaha (school of music) classmates: he was taking up drums lessons as I was having a voice lesson. But that was it. So, that’s my story about him.

Anyway, continuing on with where on earth is borj. I read twitter tL ni @byxspeaks that he has some news about stefano. may picture pa sya ng restaurant nya.
Sana this means that kahit papaano makita na natin sya.

O happy new year na.. Lol. Searched stefano mori’s name coz his name came up upon talking about “bombyx mori” and “memento mori”. Ahahaha. Anyway, he had a movie when he was very young, with Lorna T i think.. Anyone here who remembers that? Hihi. His role was a kid from an orphanage.. 🙂